Woven-wire-mattress stretcher.



I No. 772,958. PATENTED 001". 25, .1904.

' G; T. POND. v WOVEN WIRE MATTRESS STRETGHER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26. 1904.

NO MODEL.

wfyffialwf Wxtnesses I I Inventor %;f b I1 UNITED STATES Patented Octobcz 25, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE 'r. POND, on WINFRED, SOUTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR or ONE. HALF TO DELoss F. POND, or WINFRED, soorn DAKOTA.

WOVEN-WIREQ-I'VIATTRESS STRETCHER.

SPEGIFICATIONfOrming part of Letters Patent No. 772,958, dated October 25, 1904. Application filed July 26, 1904. Serial No. 218,265. (No model.)

1" all whom it may concern,-

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. POND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winfred.

in the county of Lake and State of South Da kota, have invented a new and useful Woven- Wire-Mattress Stretcher, of which the following is a specification.

. This invention relates to stretching devices, more particularly. to devices for stretching woven-wire mattresses and for similarpurposes, and has for its OlOjBCl] to produce a slmply-constructedand convenient device of this character by means of. which a woven-wire mattress may be readily stretched when re quired and restored to its former condition.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in oertain novel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment ofthe invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the inven-' tion is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes in the shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may beresorted to without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a side elevation in section on the line 1 1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improved device, Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional viewillustrating the construction more fully. Fig. 4 is a transverse section, enlarged, on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view of the operating-crank detached.

The improved implement, comprises a pri mary tubular member 10, having a plurality of spaced transverse apertures 11 and with a head member 12 connected rigidly thereto, as by a stud 13 extending into the tubular member and also into the head member and secured, as by bolts or rivets, and further secured, as by diagonal braces 14.

the woven-wire mattress to prevent displacement therefrom when in operation, as heretofore explained.

Slidably disposed on the primary tubular member is a secondary tubular member 18, having a plurality of spaced transverse apertures 19 for alinement with the apertures in the member 10 to receive a holding-pin 20,

p and thus provide means for longitudinally adjusting the members 10 18 to any required extent.

A threaded head or plug 21 is secured in the free end of the secondary tubular member18, as by transverse screws or rivets 22.

A rod 23, threaded at one end for engagement with the plug 21, is provided and rotatively connected at the other end to a lateral head 24 for bearing against the other end member 25 of the bed-spring frame, the member 24 having guard-lugs 26 to extend over the member 25 to support it in position thereon and also connected to the rod 23 by a diagonal brace 27, in which the rod is free to rotate.

The swivel-joint between the rod 23 and the bearing-head 24 is formed by a collar or flange 28 upon the screw-rod bearing against a plate 29 upon the member 24, the rod. being con nected to the member 24 by a bearing-strap is then adjusted by means of the movable pin 20 and the alined apertures 11 19 and also by reversely rotating the rod 23 until the hearing members 12 and 24 can be placed in position against the inner faces of the end members 17 25 of the spring-frame, and then When the crank 32 is applied to the socket 130 and rotated it is obvious that a very strong stretching force Will be applied to the bed-frame. When a sufficient tension has been applied to the spring-web, the binding-bolts Will be tightened and the Web retained in its stretched position. The device will then be slackened up and removed.

The device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured,and Will be found very convenient and efficient for the purposes described.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is- 1. A device of the class described comprising a primary tubular member having a lateral bearing-head rigidly connected thereto at one end, a secondary tubular member slidably engaging said'primary tubular member and With means for adjustably coupling to the same, said primary tubular member havinga threaded plug in its free end, a screw-rod engaging said threaded plug and rotatively connected to a bearing-head, and means for rotating said screw-rod.

2. A device of the class described comprising a tubular member having a plurality of spaced transverse apertures and With a lateral bearing rigidly connected thereto at one end,

a secondary tubular member slidably engaging said primary tubular member and provided with spaced transverse apertures for alinement With the apertures in said primary member whereby a holding-pin may be passed through the same to provide for the longitudinal adjustment of the tubular members, a threaded plug connected to the free end of said secondary tubular member, a screw-rod engaging said threaded plug and rotatively connected to a bearing-head, and means for rotating said screw-rod.

3. A device of the class described comprising a primary tubular member having a lateral bearing-head rigidly connected thereto at one end and provided with spaced guide-lugs for detachable engagement with one of the end members of a \voven-wire-mattress frame, a secondary tubular member slidably engaging said primary tubular member and having means for longitudinal adjustment thereon, a threaded plug in the free end of said secondary tubular member, a screw-rod engaging said threaded plug at one end and having a bearing member rotatively connected to the other end, and means for rotating said screwrod.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE T. POND.

\Vitnesses:

G. M. SIMMoNs, W. G. WILLIAMs. 

